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Victim Killed In Route 1 Crash, Freehold's Dennis Frick, Was US Navy Vet, 65 Victim Killed In Route 1 Crash, Freehold's Dennis Frick, Was US Navy Vet, 65
Victim Killed In Route 1 Crash, Freehold's Dennis Frick, Was US Navy Vet, 65 Services have been set for Dennis John Frick, of Freehold Township, who died in a crash on Route 1 Wednesday, March 6. He was 65 years old. Visitation is on Sunday, March 10 for Dennis, who became a senior vice president with Heller Construction where he worked for 35 years, according to his obituary published by Freeman Manalapan Marlboro Funeral Home. The funeral liturgy is on Monday at noon at St. Rose of Lima Church in Freehold. Dennis was a U.S. Navy veteran serving from 1977 to 1981 aboard the USS Preserver, his obit said. "Dennis was a lifelong New York Mets fan, traveling to …
Ex-Jersey Shore Man Gets 20 Years, No Parole For Serial Threats Against Police, Judges, Others Ex-Jersey Shore Man Gets 20 Years, No Parole For Serial Threats Against Police, Judges, Others
Ex-Jersey Shore Man Gets 20 Years, No Parole For Serial Threats Against Police, Judges, Others A former New Jersey resident with a cockamamie political history must spend the next 20 years in federal prison for threatening to kill police officers, lawyers and judges, among others, in and around Monmouth County. Eric G. Hafner, 32, formerly of Fair Haven, also made calls and sent messages to state officials while phoning in bogus bomb threats to local and state government offices, a police department, two law firms and the Monmouth Park Racetrack during a two-year terror campaign, federal authorities in Trenton said. Hafner told newspaper reporters in 2018 that he was on the lam for d…
NJ Murder Victim April Duncza Remembered As Professional With 'Creative Brilliance' NJ Murder Victim April Duncza Remembered As Professional With 'Creative Brilliance'
NJ Murder Victim April Duncza Remembered As Professional With 'Creative Brilliance' April Duncza, the 39-year-old New Jersey woman believed killed by her ex-boyfriend is being remembered for her creative brilliance and professional success. Duncza, a Nebraska native, was found during a welfare check at a home on Paul Street in the Fords section of Woodbridge with serious head trauma around 4:50 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 29, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone said. She was later pronounced dead and her ex-boyfriend, Kevin Bacon, 46, of Keanesburg, has been charged with murder, Ciccone previously announced. Duncza's obituary on the Higgins Home for Funerals website…
UPenn Grad, Doctor Masturbated On Flight In Front Of 14-Year-Old Girl: Feds UPenn Grad, Doctor Masturbated On Flight In Front Of 14-Year-Old Girl: Feds
UPenn Grad, Doctor Masturbated On Flight In Front Of 14-Year-Old Girl: Feds A doctor who graduated from the University of Pennsylvania was placed on leave from the hospital where he works following news that federal authorities had charged him with lewd, indecent, and obscene acts.  Sudipta Mohanty, who according to Healthgrades graduated from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 2014, is accused of masturbating and exposing himself on the flight from Hawaii while sitting next to a 14-year-old girl, federal authorities said. "This individual is on leave and not currently practicing at BIDMC," Boston's Beth Israel Deaconess Medica…
Student Struck By Car In Hawaii Will Return Home To NJ In Medical Chopper Student Struck By Car In Hawaii Will Return Home To NJ In Medical Chopper
Student Struck By Car In Hawaii Will Return Home To NJ In Medical Chopper A college student from Burlington County who was seriously injured in a hit-and-run crash in Hawaii was cleared to make his big return home via medical chopper on Monday, Feb. 27. Christian DeCola, 19, of Maple Shade, was riding a moped for a food service delivery company when he was hit the night of Feb. 12, his mom, Valerie, tells 6abc. The vehicle backed over her son before fleeing, she said. Christian was unconscious in the Intensive Care Unit when his parents got word of the accident the following day, writes Michele Liberton on a GoFundMe page she launched for the DeCola family. Chri…
Pregnant Virginia Woman Had Pleaded On YouTube To Be Saved From Husband — Now She's Dead Pregnant Virginia Woman Had Pleaded On YouTube To Be Saved From Husband — Now She's Dead
Pregnant Virginia Woman Had Pleaded On YouTube To Be Saved From Husband — Now She's Dead "Even when I reached out for help, nothing was done at all." These are the words 27-year-old Dana Alotaibi, of Virginia, said through tears in a recorded call with the National Suicide Awareness Hotline posted to YouTube last January. Seven months later, Falls Church's Alotaibi was stabbed dead by the very man she had been fearful of, Bryant Tejeda-Castillo, on the H-3 freeway in Hawaii, according to those who knew her and police. Tejeda-Castillo was charged with second-degree murder and being held on $1 million bond. Alotaibi's mom, Natalia Cespedes, believes that her daughter w…
NJ Kids Among 80+ Groomed By California Man To Make Child Porn: Authorities NJ Kids Among 80+ Groomed By California Man To Make Child Porn: Authorities
NJ Kids Among 80+ Groomed By California Man To Make Child Porn: Authorities Over 80 children worldwide— between the ages of six and 13-years-old— were groomed by a California man to produce child porn— including five children from New Jersey, according to the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office said. Demetrius Carl Davis, 24, posed as an 11-year-old girl called “Lizzy” to form online relationships with the children and convince them to perform and record sexual acts on other children in their lives, according to a report released by the sheriff’s Internet Crimes Against Children task force. VIDEO PRESS RELEASE: Child Sexual Predator Suspect "Lizzy" Arrested Po…
NJ's Ezra Miller Arrested Again In Hawaii NJ's Ezra Miller Arrested Again In Hawaii
NJ's Ezra Miller Arrested Again In Hawaii New Jersey native and "The Flash" star Ezra Miller has been arrested for the second time in less than 30 days in Hawaii. The 29-year-old actor who grew up in Wyckoff threw a chair, hitting a 26-year-old woman, after being asked to leave a party in in lower Puna around 1 a.m. Tuesday, April 19, Hawaii police said. The victim was left with a half-inch cut, authorities said. Miller was arrested around 1:30 a.m. during a traffic stop, police said. Last month, Miller — who identifies as non-binary and uses they/them pronouns — lunged at a man playing darts and grabbed the mic fro…
Recall Issued For Organic Popcorn Sold At Regional Supermarkets Recall Issued For Organic Popcorn Sold At Regional Supermarkets
Recall Issued For Organic Popcorn Sold At Regional Supermarkets A company has recalled packages of popcorn that were sold at supermarkets across the region. Snak King announced on Tuesday, April 12, that it is recalling some of its five-ounce packages of "O Organics Sea Salt Organic Popcorn" because the products may be cross-contaminated with an undeclared milk allergen. The recalled products have "Best if Used By" dates of 9/24/2022 and 9/25/2022. The producets come in a flexible package with a "Best if Used By" date located on the front, upper right=hand side of the package, the company reported. The UPC number is 079893 403038. Snak …
TikTokers Are Bullying NJ's Ezra Miller For Dance Moves After Hawaii Arrest (VIDEO) TikTokers Are Bullying NJ's Ezra Miller For Dance Moves After Hawaii Arrest (VIDEO)
TikTokers Are Bullying NJ's Ezra Miller For Dance Moves After Hawaii Arrest (Video) New Jersey native and "The Flash" star Ezra Miller was back on the dance floor weeks after being arrested in Hawaii — and TikTokers are saying the actor's moves are criminal. A video of the 29-year-old Wyckoff actor — who uses they/them pronounces and identifies as non-binary — shaking their groove thang surfaced on the video-sharing app this week. @tmz #TheFlash star #EzraMiller is feelin themself in a lounge in Hawaii, just weeks after their arrest at a nearby bar ♬ original sound - TMZ "Why is he terrorizing the entire island," one person commented. "That's the 'I'm out of my …
NJ's Ezra Miller Grabs Mic From Karaoke Singer, Attacks Dart Player At Bar In Hawaii: Police NJ's Ezra Miller Grabs Mic From Karaoke Singer, Attacks Dart Player At Bar In Hawaii: Police
NJ's Ezra Miller Grabs Mic From Karaoke Singer, Attacks Dart Player At Bar In Hawaii: Police New Jersey native and "The Flash" star Ezra Miller was arrested at a bar in Hawaii for lunging at a man playing darts and yelling obscenities at a woman singing karaoke, authorities said. The 29-year-old Wyckoff native, who uses they/them pronouns and identifies as non-binary, apparently had become agitated while other patrons were singing karaoke at a Hilo bar around 11:30 p.m. on Sunday, March 27, Hawaii police said in a release. Miller at one point grabbed the microphone from a 23-year-old woman singing and began yelling obscenities, then lunged at a 32-year-old man playing darts, p…
Man Recalls NJ BF's Final Moments On Notoriously Dangerous Hawaiian Beach 'Lumadie' Man Recalls NJ BF's Final Moments On Notoriously Dangerous Hawaiian Beach 'Lumadie'
Man Recalls NJ BF's Final Moments On Notoriously Dangerous Hawaiian Beach 'Lumadie' "I love my family. I don't want to die." Those were some of the last words spoken by New Jersey’s Matthew Preziose moments before being swept out to sea by the heavy currents on a beach in Hawaii last weekend — never to be seen again. The irony of it all is that his boyfriend, Nick Slawinski, said he’d never seen Preziose, 25, of Middletown, happier than he was that week. The couple chose Lumahai beach in Kauai to visit particularly because of its rave reviews both from tour guides and Google, 26-year-old Slawinski, of Riverside, said. Little did they know, the site is known as a dangerou…
NJ Photographer Swept Out To Sea In Hawaii Was Vacationing With BF, Family Says NJ Photographer Swept Out To Sea In Hawaii Was Vacationing With BF, Family Says
NJ Photographer Swept Out To Sea In Hawaii Was Vacationing With BF, Family Says A New Jersey man who was swept out to sea while swimming in Hawaii waters was vacationing with his boyfriend, his family tells Daily Voice. Middletown's Matthew Preziose, 25, was standing in the waters of Lumaha'i Beach and moments later was swept out to sea on Saturday, March 5, his boyfriend, Nick Slawinski told Daily Voice. ALSO SEE: Man Recalls NJ BF's Final Moments On Notoriously Dangerous Hawaiian Beach 'Lumadie' Slawinski claims he leaped into the water to save his love, who was caught in a riptide and nearly 150 feet from the shoreline. The search for his body was suspended the af…
Massive Search Underway For NJ Photographer Swept Out To Sea In Hawaii Massive Search Underway For NJ Photographer Swept Out To Sea In Hawaii
Massive Search Underway For NJ Photographer Swept Out To Sea In Hawaii A massive search is underway for a missing New Jersey man who was swept out to sea while swimming in Hawaii waters, authorities said. Matthew Preziose, 25, and another swimmer were in distress off Lumaha‘i Beach just after 1 p.m., Saturday, March 5, Kauai police said. ALSO SEE: Man Recalls NJ BF's Final Moments On Notoriously Dangerous Hawaiian Beach 'Lumadie' One swimmer made it safely to shore, however, the Middletown resident was last seen being swept out to sea, according to local police. Preziose works as a freelance photographer in the NJ and NYC area, according to his Instagram an…
NJ Newlyweds' Pride Flag Vandalized During Hawaiian Honeymoon (VIDEO) NJ Newlyweds' Pride Flag Vandalized During Hawaiian Honeymoon (VIDEO)
NJ Newlyweds' Pride Flag Vandalized During Hawaiian Honeymoon (Video) Coming out was difficult for Natalie Ferrazzano.  It was about 4.5 years ago, and she wanted to live her truth. The following year, she met her future wife: Kara Ferrazzano. That was when she began to feel free. The two married last September, and as the saying goes, they lived happily ever after. Mostly... While honeymooning in Hawaii last month, the newlyweds got some bad news from their neighbor back home in Bloomfield: Someone had ripped down the gay flag on their porch, and ripped a pride sign from their garden. Kara and Natalie checked their Ring doorbell footage and, sure enough,…
Russian Invasion Of Ukraine Means Higher NJ Gas Prices Russian Invasion Of Ukraine Means Higher NJ Gas Prices
Russian Invasion Of Ukraine Means Higher NJ Gas Prices “Pain at the pump,” was a concern reporters pushed President Biden on during a press conference about the Russian invasion of Ukraine on Thursday. Although Biden urged the energy sector to not move prices, experts say the US is already feeling the pinch since tensions began to escalate between the two nations. “Any disruptions to oil flows from Russia in a context of low spare capacity in other regions could easily send oil prices to $120 (a barrel),” Natasha Kaneva, JPMorgan’s head of global commodities strategy, wrote in a report published earlier in February. Gas prices had already t…
SHAMELESS: NJ Con Woman Admits Swindling Elderly Victims Of $675K In 'Lottery Winner' Scam SHAMELESS: NJ Con Woman Admits Swindling Elderly Victims Of $675K In 'Lottery Winner' Scam
Shameless: NJ Con Woman Admits Swindling Elderly Victims Of $675K In 'Lottery Winner' Scam A New Jersey woman admitted scamming seniors nationwide out of huge sums of money -- including $500,000 from one 94-year-old victim -- by telling them they'd won the lottery. Shanile Lyle, 28, of Orange, was part of an international crew that called and conned seniors across the U.S. out of at least $675,000, federal authorities said. The vulnerable victims “received telephone calls alerting them that they had won large sums of money and various other prizes,” according to a complaint on file in U.S. District Court in Newark. They were then told they'd have to "pre-pay" taxes in order to c…
CHILLING AUDIO: Local NJ Police Try To Convince Man To Drop Sword Before Shooting Him CHILLING AUDIO: Local NJ Police Try To Convince Man To Drop Sword Before Shooting Him
Chilling Audio: Local NJ Police Try To Convince Man To Drop Sword Before Shooting Him "Patrick, drop it," a New Jersey police officer says in a calm, steady voice, pleading several times with a man wielding a 3-foot sword to surrender. "Listen to me, I know you're going through some...," the officer says before his voice rises. "Patrick drop it! Get on the ground! Get on the ground!" he screams. "Drop the knife!" Then four shots are heard. The confrontation in Somerset County early last fall lasted barely a minute. About an hour and 20 minutes later, Patrick Chin, 43, was pronounced dead at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick. The comman…
COVID-19: First Case Of Omicron Variant Reported In New Jersey COVID-19: First Case Of Omicron Variant Reported In New Jersey
Covid-19: First Case Of Omicron Variant Reported In New Jersey The first case of the new COVID-19 variant has been detected in New Jersey, state officials announced Friday. The woman, who is a fully vaccinated Georgia resident, had recently traveled to South Africa, Governor Phil Murphy and New Jersey Department of Health Commissioner Judy Persichilli said in a joint statement. The woman has been kept in isolation since she tested positive on Nov. 28. She had moderate symptoms and is now recovering after being treated in a North Jersey emergency department, officials said. Officials are awaiting the results of a sequencing report from The New Jer…
COVID-19: Philadelphia Resident Tests Positive For Omicron Variant COVID-19: Philadelphia Resident Tests Positive For Omicron Variant
Covid-19: Philadelphia Resident Tests Positive For Omicron Variant UPDATE (8:30 p.m.):  New Jersey officials announced the first detection of the Omicron variant in the state just hours after this report was published. CLICK HERE to read "COVID-19: First Case Of Omicron Variant Reported In New Jersey" *** (4:55 p.m.): A day after the first case of the new COVID-19 variant was identified in a Minnesota man who traveled to New York City, a Philadelphia resident has tested positive for the Omicron COVID-19 strain. The person is a man in his 30’s from Northwest Philadelphia, the city's health department announced Friday. It was unclear when he tes…
NJ, NY, PA Among States Sharing Historic $4.3B Purdue Pharma Settlement NJ, NY, PA Among States Sharing Historic $4.3B Purdue Pharma Settlement
NJ, NY, PA Among States Sharing Historic $4.3B Purdue Pharma Settlement Oxycontin-maker Purdue Pharma has reached an historic $4.3 billion settlement with New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and a dozen other states that one attorney general said involved the “most that individuals have ever paid for breaking the law.” New Jersey expects to receive more than $110 million from the deal, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said Thursday. As part of the settlement, the Sackler family must surrender ownership of the bankrupt drug company. They also must release more than 30 million family and Purdue Pharma documents that outline their roles in an opioid epidemi…
'We Don't Like You Either': NJ Ranked 48th Worst State In America 'We Don't Like You Either': NJ Ranked 48th Worst State In America
'We Don't Like You Either': NJ Ranked 48th Worst State In America New Jerseyans are squaring up after a recent survey ranked the Garden State the 48th worst in America. YouGov asked 1,211 adult Americans to choose the better of two states (including Washington D.C) in a series of head-to-head matchups in mid-March. States were rated based on their “win percentage," or how often that state won the head-to-head matchup when it was one of the two states shown.  The Garden State came in just before just before Mississippi and Alabama -- and residents are trying to figure out why. "It's not our fault Jersey smells so bad and is a state of endless tolls."…
NJ Ranked Among Top 5 Happiest States In America -- Here's Why NJ Ranked Among Top 5 Happiest States In America -- Here's Why
NJ Ranked Among Top 5 Happiest States In America -- Here's Why Whatever you've done to rationalize the hours lost to Turnpike traffic is apparently working. A recent report by WalletHub ranks New Jersey the 4th happiest state in the U.S., all because people here know how to stay positive despite the circumstances.  We're no Hawaii -- which comes in at No. 1 -- but according to WalletHub, we're doing pretty good for ourselves! The website looked at 32 key metrics including the depression rates, positive COVID-19 tests and unemployment rates. Each was graded on a 100-point scale, with a score of 100 being maximum happiness. New Jersey -- which rec…
COVID-19: Six States Removed From NY/NJ/CT Quarantine List, Puerto Rico Added COVID-19: Six States Removed From NY/NJ/CT Quarantine List, Puerto Rico Added
Covid-19: Six States Removed From NY/NJ/CT Quarantine List, Puerto Rico Added Travelers from six states have been removed from the COVID-19 joint quarantine list of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. California, Hawaii, Maryland, Minnesota, Nevada, and Ohio were removed from the Travel Advisory List on Tuesday, Sept. 15. Puerto Rico was added to the list. The quarantine applies to any person arriving from a state with a positive test rate higher than 10 per 100,000 residents over a seven-day rolling average or a state with a 10 percent or higher positivity rate over a seven-day rolling average. Those who have traveled to New York, New Jersey and Connecticut from …
COVID-19: Travelers From Four States Added To NY/NJ/CT Quarantine List COVID-19: Travelers From Four States Added To NY/NJ/CT Quarantine List
Covid-19: Travelers From Four States Added To NY/NJ/CT Quarantine List Travelers from four more states have been added to the COVID-19 joint quarantine list of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. The new states added on Tuesday, Sept. 8 are Delaware, Maryland, Ohio and West Virginia. Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands have been removed. The quarantine applies to any person arriving from a state with a positive test rate higher than 10 per 100,000 residents over a seven-day rolling average or a state with a 10 percent or higher positivity rate over a seven-day rolling average. Those who have traveled to New York, New Jersey and Conne…
COVID-19: Five States Removed From NY/NJ/CT Quarantine List, One Territory Added COVID-19: Five States Removed From NY/NJ/CT Quarantine List, One Territory Added
Covid-19: Five States Removed From NY/NJ/CT Quarantine List, One Territory Added Travelers from five states have been removed from the COVID-19 joint quarantine list of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. This marks the first week since the list was started on Thursday, June 25, when eight states were initially named, that no new states with high COVID positivity testing rates have been added. However, one new territory has been added: Guam. The five states removed on Tuesday, Aug. 25 are Alaska, Arizona, Delaware, Maryland and Montana. The quarantine applies to any person arriving from a state with a positive test rate higher than 10 per 100,000 residents …
COVID-19: Travelers From More States, Virgin Islands Added To NY/NJ/CT Quarantine List COVID-19: Travelers From More States, Virgin Islands Added To NY/NJ/CT Quarantine List
Covid-19: Travelers From More States, Virgin Islands Added To NY/NJ/CT Quarantine List Travelers from two more states, as well as the Virgin Islands, with high positive testing rates for COVID-19 have now been added to the joint quarantine order for out-of-state travelers to New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. The new states as of Tuesday, Aug. 11 are Hawaii and South Dakota. The Virgin Islands have also been added. Alaska, New Mexico, Ohio and Rhode Island have been removed. The quarantine applies to any person arriving from a state with a positive test rate higher than 10 per 100,000 residents over a seven-day rolling average or a state with a 10 percent or higher p…
VIDEO: Sussex County Hiker Dubbed 'Calm Queen' In Close Encounter With Bear VIDEO: Sussex County Hiker Dubbed 'Calm Queen' In Close Encounter With Bear
Video: Sussex County Hiker Dubbed 'Calm Queen' In Close Encounter With Bear A 25-year-old Monmouth County hiker has been dubbed the "Calm Queen" by internet users after a video of her slowly walking away from a black bear on a Sussex County hiking trail went viral. Julia Tupy of Eatontown was sitting on a lookout along "Stairway to Heaven" in Vernon when the bear came out of the woods, then went back in last Wednesday. Tupy and her three friends didn't think the animal would come out again. But moments later, Tupy looked up, and her friend Joe Kun, 24, also of Eatontown, looked stiff, she said. "I think we should move now," Kun said from behind the camera. Kun's …